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Government Gazettes: Victoria

Current

The Victoria Government Gazette from 16 January 1998 can be accessed online. The gazette is published in three series:

General (uses the prefix G, published weekly)

Periodical (uses the prefix P, lengthy non-urgent notices, irregular)

Special (uses the prefix S, irregular).

To view gazettes from 1998 onwards, select Gazette Archives, and use the drop-down list to find the date you need.

Historic

The online archive of the Victoria Government Gazettes cover 1836 to 1997 only. This database contains images of every relevant page in the Victoria Government Gazette produced since 1836, as well as searchable indexes for each publication.

Please note: No copies are known to exist for the period 19 July-December 1843. Gazette information for this period may be in The Port Phillip Herald newspaper under the 'Melbourne Government Gazette' column.

Before Victoria separated from New South Wales in 1851, government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published initially in the New South Wales Government Gazette. The historical gazette, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (1803 to 1842), can be read online at Trove.

Where can you find Victorian Gazettes in print?

Use the Australian Government Publications Guide, GovPubs, to help locate Victorian gazettes in Australian libraries.

Select the link which shows the date you need

Select the link for the library you are using ('NLA' for the National Library of Australia)

Use the 'Amicus Number' or call number you need to find it in the Catalogue.

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Check the dates

Before Victoria separated from New South Wales in 1851 government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published initially in the New South Wales Government Gazette, then the Port Phillip Government Notices, and later in the Port Phillip Government Gazette (from 1843).

The dates covered by the various titles are:

New South Wales Government Gazette1836 - 1851

Port Phillip Government NoticesJanuary - 12 July 1843

Port Phillip Government GazetteJanuary 1844 - July 1851

Victoria Government Gazette July 1851 - December 1986

Since 1987 the Victoria Government Gazette is in three series: General, Periodical, and Special

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The Port Phillip Government Notices started publication in 1843, and became the Port Phillip Government Gazette in 1844. It became the Victoria Government Gazette in 1851, when the Colony of Victoria was established.